[shell0x]

Taobao and Temu are great. The quality is not always amazing, but the prices are low and many sellers even offer customisation.

In Australia, the product selection is often limited, and a lot of local stores are just reselling Chinese-made products with huge markups anyway. At that point, you may as well order directly from China and save money.

It also saves 10% GST.

[markdown]

> It also saves 10% GST.

For now.

Your local companies hate the competition, and will be lobbying hard to remove de minimis exemptions on imports.

[_jackdk_]

Didn't this go through a few years ago?

https://www.ato.gov.au/businesses-and-organisations/internat...

> If you are a non-resident business and you sell goods into Australia with a customs value of A$1,000 or less, GST applies and you will have to collect this from your customer and send the GST to us.

[mikrotikker]

Are we still not allowed to call out shills here? Is that still a rule?

[askvictor]

Temu charges GST (I presume taobao as well)